Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility

I am an Associate Professor of Radiology and Vice Chair of Research at Boston Medical Center (BMC) with a specific interest in emergency radiology, trauma radiology and the barriers that social determinants of health pose for patient utilization of imaging screening for cancer. On a routine basis in my clinical work, I am struck by the number of patients who present with advanced cancers in the emergency setting who have never undergone cancer imaging screening. As a radiologist with expertise in Abdominal Imaging, I am interested in decreasing these barriers to care and reaching underserved patients by identifying them as unscreened, providing them with imaging screening and potentially identifying their disease at an early stage where there is a better chance for cure. I am invested in leveraging an innovative tool at BMC that identifies patients’ needs in the social determinants of health domain, the THRIVE database, to identify at risk patients and increase patient utilization of cancer imaging screening.

CURRENT DEI PROJECTS (SCIENTIFIC AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT), NOT FUNDED:

2018-present Social Determinants of Health Screening and Referral Program in Radiology, PI: Drs. Christina LeBedis and Michael Fishman

2022-present HCC screening Disparities, PIs: Dr. Arpan Mohanty and Christina LeBedis

2024-present Patient engagement in lung cancer screening and nodule follow-up: Assessing the impact of social determinants of health using artificial intelligence approach, PI: Katrina Steiling

2024-present Improving the Rate of Lung Cancer Screening at a Safety-Net Hospital, PI: Christina LeBedis (Quality Improvement project)

DEI National Presentations:

1. Ramalingam V, Kussman S, Gupta A, Tkacz JN, LeBedis CA, Soto JA, Anderson SW. Multimodality Approach to the Diagnosis of Appendicitis in the Pregnant Female. Educational exhibit, 98th Annual Radiological Society of North America meeting. Chicago, IL, November 2012. Awarded Cum Laude by the RSNA.

2. Dinh D, Hartman M, Gero A, Qureshi M, Barnes D, Hon C, Khemani N, Kim H, Lis C, Raulli S, Williams B, Wing H, Anderson SW, LeBedis CA. The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on CT-imaging and Management of Acute Appendicitis. Scientific Paper at 104th Annual Radiological Society of North America meeting. Chicago, IL, November 2018. Awarded Student Travel Stipend.

3. Dinh D, Hartman M, Gero A, Qureshi M, Barnes D, Hon C, Khemani N, Kim H, Lis C, Raulli S, Williams B, Wing H, Anderson SW, LeBedis CA. The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on CT-imaging and Management of Acute Appendicitis. American Society of Emergency Radiology 2019 Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ.

4. Lee J, Shin D, Mellnick V, Lee JT, Sudanagunta K, Skobodzinski A, Dechert T, Wing H, LeBedis CA. Pregnant Trauma: Retrospective Analysis of Fetal Outcomes in the Trauma of Pregnant Patients. Scientific Poster at 105th Annual Radiological Society of North America meeting. Chicago, IL, December 2019.

5. Shin D, Ngo M, Wang J, Fishman MD, LeBedis CA. The impact of social determinants of health on lung cancer screening utilization. Featured Scientific Paper. Dr. Shin was awarded the RSNA Trainee Research Prize - $1000 prize awarded to the three top-rated abstracts in each subspecialty for 2020. Presented at the 106th Annual Radiological Society of North America virtual meeting, December 2020.

6. Afran AB, Shin D, LeBedis CA, Fishman MD. The impact of social determinants of health on breast imaging utilization. On Demand Scientific Paper. Selected for Press Release. Presented at the 106th Annual Radiological Society of North America virtual meeting, December 2020.

7. Biché WA, Bishop CK, Mohanty A, Shin D, LeBedis CA. The Impact of Public vs. Private Insurance on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Screening Utilization. Oral Scientific presentation at the Society of Abdominal Radiology 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, March 2021. Awarded SAR 2021 Travel Scholarship for Trainees.

8. Chang H, Fishman MDC, Suzuki K, Dao K, Hu EY, Wang J, LeBedis C. Improving the rate of lung cancer screening at an urban safety-net hospital. Electronic poster at American College of Radiology 2022 Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, April 24 – 26, 2022.

9. Shergill AK, Camacho A, Horowitz JM, Jha P, Poder L, Ascher SM, LeBedis CA, Slama J, Nougaret S, Wasnik A, Maturen K, Robbins J, Dighe M, Wang C, Shah S, Reinhold C, Glanc P, Bhosale P, Menias C, Brook O. Imaging of Transgender Patients: What Radiologists Need to Know. Educational Exhibit presented at the 104th Annual Radiological Society of North America meeting. Chicago, IL, November 2018.

10. Chishti A, Elbadry A, House D, Hanna T, LeBedis C, Mellnick V, Chinapuvvula N, Lee J. Imaging Trauma During Pregnancy. Educational exhibit presented at the 107th Radiological Society of North America 2021. Awarded Cum Laude.

11. Almeky SE, Spalluto LB, Iheanacho F, Narayan AK, Slanetz PJ, Dako FD, Kagetsu NJ, Miles RC, LeBedis CA, Flores EJ. Out of the Darkness and into the Light: Redefining the Role of Radiology in Community Engagement. 108th Radiological Society of North America 2023. Awarded Certificate of Merit.

DEI Scientific Manuscripts:

1. Ramalingam V, Uyeda JW, LeBedis CA, Anderson SW, Soto JA. Evaluation of a Sequential Multi-Modality Imaging Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in the Pregnant Female. Emergency Radiology. 2015 April; 22(2):125-32. PMID: 25148766

2. Shin D, Fishman MDC, Ngo M, Wang J, LeBedis CA. The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Lung Cancer Screening Utilization. J Am Coll Radiol. 2022 Jan;19:122-130. PMID: 35033299

3. Sotudian S, Afran A, LeBedis CA, Rives AF, Paschalidis IC, Fishman MDC. Social determinants of health and the prediction of missed breast imaging appointments. BMC Health Serv Res 2022. Nov;22(1):1454. PMID: 36451240

4. Dao K, Afran A, LeBedis C, Fishman MDC. Impact of Social Determinants of Health of the Time Between Diagnostic Breast Imaging and Biopsy at a Safety Net Hospital. J Am Coll Radiol. 2023 Apr;20(4)393-401. PMID 36682645

5. Romantoski K, Chung S, Dia M, Papgeorge MV, Woods AP, Cherukuri P, Canakis A, Gupta A, LeBedis C, Sachs TE, Mohanty A. The impact of social risk factors on the presentation, treatment and survival of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma at an urban, academic, safety-net hospital. Am J Surg. 2023; 226(2):278-283. PMID: 37291013

DEI Educational Manuscripts:

1. Lee J, Shin D, LeBedis C. Emergency Imaging of Pregnant Patient. In Patlas MN, Katz D, Scaglione M, eds. Atlas of Emergency Imaging from Head-to-Toe. Springer, 2022.

2. Almeky SE, Iheanacho F, Slanetz PJ, Narayan AK, Spalluto LB, Dako F, Miles RC, Brathwaite C, Kagetsu NJ, Ross A, Chonde D, Bryant-Smith GM, LeBedis CA, Flores EJ. Out Of The Darkness And Into The Light: Redefining The Role Of Radiology In Community Engagement. RadioGraphics. In Press

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In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Emergency Radiology
Abdominal Imaging
Social Determinants of Health
Cancer Screening
Trauma Radiology